Improvement in spur-attachments to overshoes



waited gime HENRY- SGIIWANDT, 0F NEW ORLEANS, LGUISIANA.

Letters Patent No. 111,880, dated February 1d,- 1871.

lMPROVEMENT lN SPUR-ATTACHMENTS TO OVERSHOES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthelame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SCHWANDT, of New Orleans, in the parish 0i'Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Combined Overshoes and Spur; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of `theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing,r making a part of this specification, and to theletters and lignres of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to means for fastening overshoes to boots or shoes,and consists in a novel combination of a horsemans removable spur withsuch fastening.

the plate o, as shown, and which, in conjunction with" the plate,spring, and aperture abovementioned, serves make a notch in the rear endof catch (l.

By these means the spur is made attaehable or removable, at will. Torelease the overshoe from the boot-heel, I press the catch d rearward,and to remove the spur I turn the thumb-screw until the hook upon springy is re leased from the notch in the catch.

I claim as my invention- The hollow removable spur-shank described,having spring y and thumb-screw z, in combination with the catch d,`when construct-ed and arranged substantially as and for the purposespecified.4

In testimony that I claim the above I have herennto subscribed my namein the presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses: HENRY SGHWANDT.

.CHRISTIAN FREDERICK HUFRT, J osnPH TORRES.

